Brooder stove



Jan; 10, 1933. R. LYONS ,894,108

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Patented Jan. 10, 1933 PATENT OFFICE RICHARD LYONS, OF LAMBERTVILLE, NEW JERSEY BBOOIDER STOVE Application filed December 10, 1929. Serial No. 413,010.

[This invention relates to improvements in heaters,particularly to a novel brooder stove designed to develop and maintain a uniform heat with a minimum of fuel consumption.

It is the principal object of my invention to providea brooder stove providing at all times a uniform heat and sufficient ventilation preventing drafts harmful to the chicks.

Another object of my invention is the pro vision of a brooder stove of suitable size, ma-

terial or shape equipped with inner heat receiving and outer radiating surfaces enclosed in an air circulating body.

Still another object of my invention is the provision of a brooder stove with which a hood is combined in which heat distributing pipes supply the chicks with warmth while protecting the same against cold air drafts, and the air supply and exhaust pipes are em- 0 bedded in the floor of the brooder to avoid obstructions.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a brooder stove equipped with a fire pot and an outer mantle on the inner face of which a plurality of spiral air chambers are formed for allowing a rising of the heated air which is then supplied to heat distributing pipes in the hood, while constantly 0 cold air is supplied and the foul air is exhausted.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a brooder stove of comparatively simple construction, yet effectively operating for the purpose intended.

These and other objects of my invention will become more fully apparent as the description proceeds and will then be specifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in section of a brooder stove constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the fire pot illustrating the construction of its outer mantle.

Fig. 3 is a sectional inner view of the stove mantle.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional front elevation of the lower part of the brooder stove.

Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the grate.

As illustrated on the drawings, my improved brooder stove comprises a body hav- 'ing an outer mantle 10 and a top 11 equipped with fuel door 12, and smoke-flue 18.

The body is surrounded by a'hood 14 open at the front for giving access to the ash-pit closed by a door 15 and allowing a removal 69 of the clinkers through door 16.

Fresh air is introduced through an air duct 17 guided through asbestos base 18 while the duct 19 is used for the intake of the e:;- N, haust air, from the room.

A system of hot air distribution consists of a plurality of inclined pipe conduits 20, 20, connected by a lower interchange pipe 21, having a plurality of openings 21 for the H escape ofthe warm air. '70

The fire pot 22 is equipped with a plurality of substantially horizontal spiraling heat radiating projections 23 on its outer face, while horizontally arranged spiraling partitions 24: form a plurality of air chambers suit-ably grouped, about the fire pot,each of which is adapted to receive two of the fire pot projections 23, while the partitions 24 rest in the recesses of flanges or ridges 25 formed in sufficient number on the outer face of the fire-pot 22. I

A shaker grate 26 of any well known construction is adapted to be operated by shaker handle 27, while a valve or damper 28 con- N trols the air passage and is connected to a thermostat 28 of approved or conventional type adapted to control the valve for maintaining an even temperature at all times by either directing the escape of the exhaust air from conduit 19 through the fire direct or through a conduit 29, while inner ribs 80 on the fire pot increase the heat radiations. A shutter 31 in the front of the ash pit door 15 allows the regulation of the draft and the fuel consumption.

The brooder stove operates as follows: The fresh air supplied to the chambers between fire box and outer mantle through pipe 17 embedded in the concrete floor will be heated gradually and rise to circulate in chambers formed about the fire-pot to furnish heat and warmth to the chicks under hood 14 through openings 21 in pipe 21, while the foul air is exhausted through pipe 19 also embedded in the smooth concrete floor of the brooder, thence through the fire direct or throu h conduit 29.

If e nges in temperature occur the same are regulated by the thermostat controlling valve 28 so as to provide an escape of the surplus of air through conduit 29 in the flue 13.

It will be clear that in this manner a continuous supply of heated fresh air is ensured so that it will not be necessary to admit fresh air through an open window which is apt to settle at the bottom of the brooder and is then drawn toward the heated fire pot causing a draft liable to injure the chicks, which in such instance will crowd nearer to the fire pot and will so to speak be roasted on one side and dried up while they shiver on the other side. Moreover, the tendency, of crowding about the fire pot to avoid the draft from the open window, will cause the stronger chicks to crowd the weaker ones and to smother the same.

These disadvantages are all avoided and overcome by my invention according to which it will not be necessary to let in cold air through an open window or other ventilating device, and there will be practically no currents of cold air strike the chicks and the same will not develop colds and other sicknesses, the chicks will be healthier and grow faster.

The fuel feed being arranged high above the hood will prevent the escape of harmful gases and the air supply and exhaust pipes being embedded in the concrete floor of the brooder will form no obstructions liable to harm the chicks.

The hood and the upper body will keep the brooder under a constant temperature allowing a regulation of the proper operation of shutters and valves.

It .will be clear that my brooder stove without the hood may with advantage also be ing the circulation of air about the fire pot, a ood, a base, an air duct within said base open to the atmosphere, and connected with said outer mantle, a plurality of inclined pipe conduits, also connected with said outer mantle, a lower interchange pipe having a plurality of openings connecting said pipe conduits for sup lying fresh, preheated air to said hood, and an exhaust duct also embedded in said base and leading to an exhaust conduit, for exhausting the foul air.

2. In a brooder stove, a body adapted to be heated, a hood surrounding said body, a pi e for supplying fresh atmospheric air at the bottom of said body leading it to the heated body, a plurality of inclined pipes leading from said body, a lower connecting pipe for said inclined pipes provided with a plurality of openingsopening into the hood for supplying the same with preheated fresh air, a

means for removing the four air and a valve controlled by a thermostat for maintaining an even temperature by controlling the exhaust of the air.

Signed at Lambertville, in the county of I used to heat and ventilate living and other rooms wherever a steady supply of heated fresh air is desirable.

It will be clear that I have described and shown the preferred form of my brooder stove only as one example of the many possible ways to practically construct the same, and that I may make such changes in its general arrangement and in the construction of its minor details as come within the scope of the appended claims without departure from my invention and the principles involved.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A brooder stove comprising the combination of a fire pot provided with heat radiating means, with an outer mantle allowons 

